University of Sussex

With our internationally respected team of researchers and exclusive film and documentary library, you’ll find Sussex an ideal place for your postgraduate research in Film Studies. Areas of study We

For our Musical Composition PhD, you’ll research and develop new musical languages. You achieve this through building a portfolio of works accompanied by a reflective critical commentary. Our

Analyse how politics shapes our lives and how our lives shape politics. Develop your research, contributing to academic knowledge and policy. Join us to analyse how politics shapes our lives. We

This PhD in Childhood and Youth Studies gives you the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge in an area of interdisciplinary interest and to hone advanced research skills. As part of the

A PhD in Music Theatre invites you to work across media to challenge disciplinary boundaries. You’ll study with expert faculty to produce a performance work. You’ll support this with a portfolio of

Sussex has a long-established reputation for research excellence in the broad field of gender studies. From trans-activism to pro-anorexia websites and from LGBTQ family-making to homonationalism –

Conduct expert research and address today’s foremost global issues. Join a diverse research community and make your mark. Join our lively community of doctoral researchers and address some of the

Explore music theory, history and culture across genres and disciplines. Develop your original work and become an active voice in our research community. At Sussex, we pride ourselves on our

Our faculty are theatre-makers, performance artists, theatre historians and performance theorists. They are experts in diverse interdisciplinary approaches to the study of drama, theatre and